“‘Argo’ allows you to enjoy the CIA’s outlandish caper, but it also confronts you with the ambivalence of the larger picture.”
Michael J. Casey on the TCM Classic Film Festival 2018
An Essay by Marshall Shaffer
“There has always been a conflict at play in Nicholson’s screen presence: between ‘Nicholson’ and ‘Jack.’ The desire to be taken seriously and the lure of the riotous Jack persona have always done battle across his decades of stardom.”
“At some point, you’ve got to take down the celebrity posters, or at least reassess what they represent.”
“Harry Dean Stanton was dependable, durable and made whatever part his own, no matter how big or small.”
“Kirsten Dunst deserves an apology, and a second look, from all of us.”
Vague Visages Short Stories #7: Bleeding and Breathing Deeply by Q.V. Hough (Fargo, North Dakota)
“Unexplored potential aside, there is a deeper issue which casts ‘Ingrid Goes West,’ for me at least, in a pale rather than neon light.”
“‘Rampart’ can never step out of the shadows.”